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Baroclinic adjustment in the Finnish coastal current Cover

Baroclinic adjustment in the Finnish coastal current

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Language: English
Page range: 79 - 87
Submitted on: Jan 23, 2003
Accepted on: Aug 19, 2003
Published on: Jan 1, 2004
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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